Home Should Be a Safe Place For Your Child

Home should be a safe place for your child

In the past blog post, I talked about Intimate Relationship Violence, the signs and when it is the best time to address the situation. So, for this blog post I want to explain why this topic is important; especially if you have children. I will share the different feelings and lifelong traumas a child may experience growing up with abuse.

Sometimes people think that toddlers will not be aware of the abuse until they are a little older. However, children do record and cultivate things that happen around them. With that being said, growing up with abuse may impact your children physically and emotionally.

A child who is abused as result of his/her battered parent or sees abuse is likely to suffer traumas. In addition, this child can grow up to abuse others, have anger issues and may not be able to concentrate on school work. Also, I believe education of any child should start at home and if “home” is not in any good shape or form, it will affect him/her down the road.

Let’s start with the feelings. The fact that a child isn’t in a loving environment; he or she thinks that someone cannot be loved by another, it is always his fault or he is not good enough.

In my opinion, by having all these feelings will definitely lead to low self-esteem; which can create lifelong traumas. The traumas come from the severe mental, emotional stress or physical injury. Traumas from abuse can later lead to mental health problems, eating disorders, alcohol abuse, and depression.

If you and your child are in an abusive home; by all mean, reach out to a friend that you trust, a healthcare professional or any organization that can help you. Remember that there are tons of organizations with qualified interpreters and won’t discriminate base on your race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.